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Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcut Key List

Knowing all the Keyboard Shortcut keys/Hotkeys for Adobe Photoshop can be a time saver, especially if you know your way around the keyboard. Here’s a list of the most important keyboard shortcuts for Photoshop.

Knowing all the Keyboard Shortcut keys/Hotkeys for Adobe Photoshop can be a time saver especially if you know your way around the keyboard. In fact, I find myself frustrated with new applications until I master all the Shortcut keys. With Adobe Photoshop, knowing the Photoshop Hotkeys can substantially increase the overall experience and performance for pumping out quality imagery not to mention you’ll look “’pro” in front of your friends!

Essential Tool Hotkeys For Photoshop

Although this is not the complete list, these are the most commonly used for more bang for the buck!

Keys

Visual Icon

Tool Description

M

Current Marquee

Shift-M

Switch Marquee mode

V

Move

W

Magic Wand

L

Current Lasso

Shift-L

Switch Lasso tool mode

N

Crop

I

Eye Dropper Tool

Shift-I

Switch between Eye Dropper Tools

J

Current Health brush or Path or Eye

Shift-J

Switch between Health brush / Patch / Eye

B

Current Pencil or Brush or Color Replace

Shift-B

Switch between Pencil / Brush / Replace

S

Current Clone or Pattern Stamp

Shift-S

Switch between Clone and Pattern Stamp

E

Current Erase tool

Shift-E

Switch between Eraser tools

G

Current Paint Bucket or Gradient tool

Shift-G

Switch between Paint Bucket / Gradient

R

Current Blur, Sharpen or Smudge

Shift-R

Switch between Blur, Sharpen or Smudge

O

Current Dodge, Burn, or Sponge

Shift-O

Switch Dodge, Burn, or Sponge

P

Current Pen Tool

Shift-P

Switch Between Pen Tools

T

Current Type Tool

Shift-T

Switch between Type Tools

U

Current Shape Tool

Shift-U

Switch between Shape tools

K

3D Distortion Tool

N

3D Camera Tool

H

Hand Tool

Z

Magnifying Glass Tool

Misc Hotkey Commands For Photoshop

Ctrl-Alt-Shift

Selects the area with light tones (greater than 50%)

Ctrl-W

Close current document/image (may prompt save dialog)

Ctrl-Shift-Alt-X

Extract

Ctrl-F

Repeat Filter

Ctrl-A

Select All

Ctrl-Shift-S

Save as..

Ctrl-S

Save

Ctrl-Shift-Alt-S

Save for Web

Ctrl-L

Levels

Ctrl-Shift-L

Auto levels

Ctrl-Shift-Alt-L

Auto contrast

Ctrl-K

Preferences

Ctrl-Shift-K

Color Settings

Ctrl-‘

Grid

Ctrl-J

New layer via copy

Ctrl-Alt-J

New layer via copy and rename layer

Ctrl-Shift-J

New layer via cut

Ctrl-Alt-G

Group layer with the previous one

Ctrl-P

Print with preview

Ctrl-Alt-P

Print and open printer settings

Ctrl-Shift-P

Page setup

Ctrl-U

Hue/Saturation

Ctrl-Shift-U

Desaturate

Ctrl-Alt-U

Hue/Saturation in Color mode

Ctrl-Alt-Shift-E

Merge all visible layers into the active one

Ctrl-Alt-Shift

Selects the area with light tones (greater than 50%)

Ctrl-O

Open

Ctrl-Alt-O

Open as..

Ctrl-Shift-O

File browser

Ctrl-I

Inverse Selection

Ctrl-Shift-Alt-P

Direct Print

Ctrl-Alt-X

Pattern Maker

Do you see any groovy Photoshop shortcuts we missed? Post your favorites in the comments below!